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Marmot Gold Porcelain Edition
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 27 x 30 x 17 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 11.8 x 6.7 inch
$674
Scottish Blackface Ram (Ovis Aries)
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 60 x 62 x 42 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 24.4 x 16.5 inch
$6,967
Tête de lion III
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 63 x 42 x 45 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 16.5 x 17.7 inch
$22,473
Panthère pattes croisées
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 56 x 70 x 45 cm Sculpture - 22 x 27.6 x 17.7 inch
$28,092
Super hero turtle
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 40 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 15.7 inch
$1,236
Leopard II maquette
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 28 x 60 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11 x 23.6 x 11.8 inch
$13,484
Paranthropus Robustus
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 45 x 36 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 14.2 x 7.9 inch
$4,939
Banksy turtle silver II
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 40 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 15.7 inch
$1,236
Keith haring turtle
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 40 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 15.7 inch
$1,236
Banksy turtle silver II
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 40 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 15.7 inch
$1,236
Panthère strassée
François Rambaud
Sculpture - 55 x 150 x 35 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 59.1 x 13.8 inch
$10,675
Pand'ours pop art Moncler
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$989
Cloned gold Penguin with pet bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 148 x 65 x 77 cm Sculpture - 58.3 x 25.6 x 30.3 inch
$13,484
Vache Watusi
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 18 x 26 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 10.2 x 3.9 inch
$1,124
Small Stainless Steel Bear 'Grace'
Irena Tone
Sculpture - 20.5 x 13.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 8.1 x 5.3 x 6.3 inch
$730
Anatomical study of the horse
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 36 x 43 x 12 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 16.9 x 4.7 inch
$4,927
Sinosaurusopteryx Prima
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 31 x 19 x 2 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,910
Pand'ours pop art Dior red
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$989
Léopard au repos
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 40 x 113 x 37 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 44.5 x 14.6 inch
$31,463
Two elephants entwined
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 11 x 12 x 9 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 4.7 x 3.5 inch
$1,910
Végas pop art Naomi Vogue
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$1,326
Végas pop art skull
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$1,326
Run there fast !
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 13 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 2.2 x 3.7 inch
$1,348
Ours popart Batman
André Gacko
Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 23 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 9.1 inch
$1,348
Pand'ours pop art Dior blue
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$989
Huntress
Eléonore de Moffarts
Sculpture - 48 x 65 x 30 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 25.6 x 11.8 inch
$8,428
Ours Pop Art Superman 45cm Co. N°4
André Gacko
Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 23 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 9.1 inch
$1,326
Hommage à Pompon
Michel Audiard
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 50 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 19.7 inch
$1,461
L'ours joyeux caméléon Green Gold 90 XXL (1)
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 90 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$10,001 $5,000
Ours inox Ajouré
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 75 x 49 x 62 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 19.3 x 24.4 inch
$76,410
Dentelle Panther
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 38 x 80 x 17 cm Sculpture - 15 x 31.5 x 6.7 inch
$53,936
Chien béat sur nickel 59
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 59 x 55 x 21 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 21.7 x 8.3 inch
$9,439
Born Wild Crocodile
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 48 x 110 x 48 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 43.3 x 18.9 inch
$14,046
Sculpture tête cheval en métal recyclé 2
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 82 x 27 x 80 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 10.6 x 31.5 inch
$1,293
Come play with me
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 20 x 14.5 x 7 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.7 x 2.8 inch
$719
Two bears entwined
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 9.5 x 9.5 x 9 cm Sculpture - 3.7 x 3.7 x 3.5 inch
$1,573
Ours debout royal green
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 70 x 45 x 28 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 17.7 x 11 inch
$18,990
Fashion Monkey Dark blue
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 14 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 5.5 inch
$843
Fashion Monkey Batman
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 14 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 5.5 inch
$843
Hommage à Pompon
Michel Audiard
Sculpture - 25 x 50 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 19.7 x 6.3 inch
$1,461
Teddy Love Bleu Cote d'Azur
Nicolas Krauss
Sculpture - 23 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,247
Mara en de Ara
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 114 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 44.9 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
$19,664
Bucéphale (série cabinet de curiosité)
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 34 x 47 x 18 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 18.5 x 7.1 inch
$1,686
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Convergence animalière
Jean-Paul Jacquet
Sculpture - 40 x 70 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 27.6 x 5.9 inch
$1,573
Dance of The Moth
Svetlana Martin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Black Sheep 16 23
Eulogia Merle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 inch
$506
Animal Sculpture for Sale
Animal sculpture is a sculptural style in its own right. This specific genre deserves the same recognition as nude, marble, bronze and resin sculptures.
The representation of animals and anthropomorphism has long been a source of inspiration for sculptural creations and yet it was once considered a minor genre in Western European decorative arts. Ironically, animal sculpture was of the utmost importance to Ancient civilizations. Countless ancient Egyptian buildings for example were adorned with animal sculptures, from grandiose representations of felines to Sphinxes. More generally within the visual arts, animals were rarely represented in their own right, and were often depicted accompanying or symbolizing mythological figures or even character traits.
Aside from its mythical representations, animal sculptures were also popular with suzerain states who used monumental bronze sculptures of lions or eagles to symbolise the immensity of their power.
However, it wasn't until 1831 that the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye finally established animal sculpture as a noble art, thanks to his work "Tiger devouring a Gavial Crocodile" at the Salon de Paris. It was no longer fashionable to depict animals as unreal, mythological creatures in the decorative arts and instead naturalism and realistic representations of animals characterized the sculpture of the period. Ideas about nature's wealth and abundance meant that all creatures deserved to be carefully and meticulously recreated in the closest likeness possible. Mythical animal interpretations were left behind and artists concentrated on capturing the finer details of an animal's fur, muscles or mouth.
A new wave of renowned animal sculptors emerged. Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine Aigon and Jean Germain Demay are just a few examples of some of these pioneering artists. Particularly interested in 'exotic' species (snakes, gazelles, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses…), they all explored representing the natural world in a variety of different ways.
In the 20th century, realist tendencies gradually faded away and a new group of creative minds began to experiment with animal sculpture as part of the shift towards modern sculpture.
Numerous artists tried their hand at animal sculpture whilst applying new aesthetic criteria which was largely influenced by modern and contemporary art movements: Abstract art, Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism. Guided by key surrealist influences, which could not have been further removed from the traditional styles of the past century, a new bestiary was created. Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti were among the key figures who helped to reinvent the way artists endeavored to sculpt animals.
In contemporary animal sculpture, radically redefining artistic techniques and the way we represent living beings has taken precedence over realistic proportion sizes and lifelike features. Artists no longer refrain from accentuating a particular body part, removing a limb for example or creating an entirely new hybrid beast. However, many artists are also skilled at creating hyper-realistic animals that seem so real they almost appear to be alive.
To help you get an idea of the latest animal sculptures, take a look at Artsper's collection of sculpted animals, selected from some of the best contemporary art galleries and made by artists including Jaques Dufrane, Raymundo Fabian Melchor and Roxana y Jesus Hernandez.
What is the most famous animal sculpture?
Some of the most famous animal sculptures in the world are Charging Bull by Arturo di Modica, The Last Three by Gillie and Marc Schattner, and Lions by Edward Kemeys.
Who is the most famous animal sculptor?
The most famous sculptors who produced animal sculptures include Edward Kemeys, who is credited as being the first animal sculptor (animalier) in America, and Antoine-Louis Barye, a French Romantic sculptor who lived during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
What is Jeff Koons rabbit made of?
Jeff Koons' Rabbit series consists of three stainless steel animal sculptures.